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The photos help set the scene for why a barn wedding could be a great choice for couples. From there, data visualization helps tell the story. One cool place to see it used would be in the color wheel: initially I thought that was an instance of data visualization, but it looks like each color takes up the same amount of space. Percentages to show ranking of popularity would take that display to the next level.

Icons and illustrations help tell the story where data visualization isn’t used (for example, in the “Let’s Just Elope” section).

In all I’d give this design a B because it contains pretty useful information and has solid organization. A little more data viz would spruce this up a bit!

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This infographic was submitted to us by The Card Gallery, who also provided this description:

We’ve built a guide to wedding table plans based on tips and advice that we’ve gained over the past 10 years of running The Card Gallery. Organising a table plan is a headache for most wedding couples and this will help relieve some of the stress.

This is a fun guide to help busy brides and grooms plan their tables for the wedding! It’s nice to see so many options (I was surprised to note that many seating plans seat husbands and wives away from one another — learning new things all the time)! It love the diagrams of how people would be seated, but I want to see that visual tie-in expanded to the rest of the infographic. There could be icons or illustrations for the five tips about seating. Additionally, the text could be broken up (like the “Now you have organised your table plan…” paragraph) into smaller, more digestible sections that are faster for the eye to navigate.

In all, I’d give this infographic a B-. It’s helpful, but it needs less text and more dependence on visual elements to tell its story! A few stats wouldn’t hurt either (like xx% of brides prefer a couples’ table instead of a top table, or any other relevant info that is available).

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This infographic was submitted to us by hitched.co.za

There are a LOT of results about South African weddings here! It’s good that every instance of text is kept fairly short, as it helps the viewer continue through the infographic. The use of related icons throughout also helps support the text, though it would be nice to see a bit more variety between icons or data visualization. Throughout the infographic it seems icons dominate, but there are many instances where the text provides percentages that would be great visualized, so we could really see the difference in proportions.

Also (a bit of a small thing) it’s best to have consistency about use of periods in an infographic. Some statistics in the infographic end with periods, but not all of them. It’s generally up to the designer or copywriter whether infographics should use periods — for the most part, it saves a bit of space and frees things up to eliminate them when standalone sentences occur.

In all I’d give this infographic a B. It’s sectioned out well and it shares a lot of information without too much text, but could use a bit of data visualization and some variety.

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This infographic was submitted to us by Bachelorette Superstore.

This is an interesting history of an interesting tradition! Fun to see where many of the practices we take for granted today came from.

While there isn’t any typical data to speak of, the designer does a pretty good job of including relevant illustrations for most of the items on the timeline. There are some spots where the illustration wanes, and infographics should always avoid relying on text to tell their story.

Also, a common problem in infographics is a lack of introduction or conclusion. While this one starts with an intro, there’s no formal conclusion, final statement, or call to action to tie everything together. It can be as simple as “What’s your dream bachelor/bachelorette party?” or targeted, like “Visit BacheloretteSuperstore.com to get all the goods for your pre-wedding celebration!” (provided your goals don’t involve shares).

In all I’d give this infographic a B, as for the most part the infographic needs the text to get through and there isn’t a “final thought” to tie everything together.

There’s some interesting data here on how weddings and marriages add up in England. I really like the timeline of major events juxtaposed with the number of marriages during that time. It’s also interesting to see just how popular of a wedding day Saturday is, with the overwhelming majority of weddings taking place on that day.

As far as design, this infographic could use some reconsideration. It seems to be mixing several styles, introducing new themes at random intervals. While the main font is a basic Arial, other fonts are interspersed, often used only once in the design.

It’s important to pick one illustration style, color palette, and theme, and keep the infographic consistent for a sense of unity. An infographic should be one distinctive piece, so if you have a new style element to introduce, it’s best to save it for the next project — that way each individual infographic can shine on its own.

Additionally, there are some capitalization inconsistencies throughout (capitalizing regular nouns in the middle of sentences) that are a bit distracting.

In all I’d give this infographic a B-. It’s informative, but needs to pick an overall aesthetic to run with for the length of the design.

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This infographic was submitted to us by the folks at Brilliance.com, who took a look at the extravagance that was Kim Kardashian’s wedding.

This infographic is a charming baby pink with staggeringly enormous cost implications. A $2 million ring?! Yikes, Kim. $20 million works out to 714 years of work for the average Joe, and she flushed it down in a matter of hours. At least she stayed reasonable with the $13 cloth napkin on the registry. Frivolity aside, this infographic does a pretty good job of packing all the source information into data viz, staying on topic, and putting things into perspective. I really like the comparison of other things $20 million could buy. It’s nice to know that her public release of the information paid for her wedding almost entirely.

The information here is really well organized and nicely laid out. If I could ask for more data viz, I’d like to see visualization of all the things that could be bought for $20 million. I’d love to see 284 new model Lexus sedans (or, more likely, 28.4, with each one representing 10 cars).

I’m also a little confused about the fondant box: “More than 16 tons of fondant is consumed each year in the US. 16 tons.” Maybe a visual was meant to go there, and it was overlooked? Just something to note.

Overall I’d give this infographic a B+. It’s pretty darn informative, tells a complete story and has no unnecessary text–there just seem to be a few errors or missed opportunities holding it back. A couple more instances of data viz would really make this shine! (Get it? Brilliance.com?)

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This infographic comes to us from IAmStaggered.com and shows all you ever needed to know (but didn’t know you wanted to) about best men. Because this is a UK focused infographic, the bachelor party is considered a “stag night.” The website, I Am Staggered, gives grooms and best men tips and tricks for planning the perfect stag night, while also providing news worthy updates about the latest engagements and famous stag parties. Upon submitting this infographic, designer Mark Hooson had the following to say:

‘A Statistical Picture of the Modern Best Man’ – a graphic I designed for www.iamstaggered.com, and the second in the ‘A Statistical Picture of” series.

As the Best Man is largely responsible for arranging the stag/bachelor party, a lot of the stats are to do with that.

All things said and done, the infographic does a good job of promoting the IAmStaggered brand while keeping the topic close to the website. It would have been better to spread out the data more, which could have been accomplished simply by making the infographic longer. As it currently stands, the bottom has way too much data to take in at once. The other problem is that the text throughout the entire infographic is in all caps, which makes it very hard on the eyes. The top half of the infographic works, it’s the bottom part that needs some cleaning up.